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Monday, April 07, 2008
1. Palaeontology / Archaeology Seminar
Want to learn more about Yukon’s cultural and natural history and what you or your guests can do when you find fossils? Save the afternoon of Wednesday, April 30 when WTAY invites members to the Beringia Centre for a presentation by the experts. More info to be announced.
2. Interpretation Course
After picking up some great paleontological bits of information on April 30th, you will want to inspire, inform & engage your clients with your knowledge of the Yukon’s natural and cultural history. WTAY can help you meet the increasing demand for edu-tourism! We are offering a special 3-day Interpretation Canada course for you and your guides.
Dawson City: May 12 – 14
Whitehorse: May 16 – 18
WTAY Members $75 Non-members $125 (no GST)
Price includes certification, workbooks, refreshments. Since there are limited seats, registration is only open to full WTAY members (companies directly involved in wilderness tourism) until noon on Tuesday, April 15, 2008.
To register contact wtay@klondiker.com or call 668-3369.
More info see: www.interpcan.ca or www.wtay.com
Support provided by the Department of Tourism & Culture
3. Leave No Trace Trainer Course
Leave No Trace (LNT) promotes responsible outdoor recreation and low impact camping skills. The LNT Trainer course will help you better understand and teach Leave No Trace skills and ethics to your guides, clients and fellow wilderness travellers.
The Yukon Conservation Society is hosting LNT training in Dawson and Whitehorse. It is a two day course with one overnight camping. It will be held in an outdoor setting and taught by Master Educators.
Dawson City: May 14 (7pm), 15 and 16, 2008
Whitehorse: May 22(7pm), 23, and 24, 2008
Course Fee: $40.00 To register: ycs@ycs.yk.ca or call 867-668-5678
Just curious? Come to a free public LNT Awareness Workshop:
Dawson City: May 14th 7:00pm - 8:30pm – KIAC Oddfellows Hall.
Whitehorse: May 22nd 7:00pm - 8:30pm – Whitehorse Public Library.
For more information about other LNT programs, contact the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics at www.leavenotrace.ca or call 403-716-2397
4. Wilderness First Aid Course
There is one seat left in the Wilderness First Aid Course with instructor Steve Hahn at Mount Mac Ski chalet May 5 to12, 2008. Cost $795 plus GST. Recertification only May 9 to 12, 2008. Cost $525 plus GST.
To book call Up North Adventures at 667-7035 or e mail: upnorth@upnorthadventure.com.
Yukon College is also offering first aid, wilderness first aid and recertification courses in April and May. For more information see www.yukoncollege.yk.ca or contact admissions at 867.668.8710
5. Big Wild Event
A night in the Big Wild event co-presented by CPAWS and Mountain Equipment Co-op. Saturday, May 24, 2008, Yukon Arts Centre.
Stay tuned for more details.
6. WCB information
Wilderness tourism operators were invited to a meeting with the Yukon Workers Compensation Health and Safety Board (YWCH& SB) to discuss the industry’s claims history and how it affects assessment rates. Six of the sixty-one wilderness tourism businesses registered with YWCH&SB attended. The rest will be receiving information by mail. Please review this information and consider how your workplace safety and risk management practices affect everyone’s rates. WTAY is working with YWCH&SB to look at the claims history in more detail to see if there are any specific issues we can address to help lower assessment rates.
7. Swan Conference
The Trumpeter Swan Society’s 21st biennial conference will be held this spring in Whitehorse in conjunction with the annual Yukon Celebration of Swans. Help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Society and learn more about trumpeters and other swans, especially in western Canada and Alaska. April 16-19, 2008, High Country Inn, Whitehorse. Everyone is welcome! www.trumpeterswansociety.org
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